1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
2 He did that which was evil in the Lord’s sight, after the abominations of the nations whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.
3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he raised up altars for the Baals, made Asheroth, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them.
4 He built altars in the Lord’s house, of which the Lord said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.”